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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
8
Ladies and misses felt slippers and shoes advertised with Jersey Loggins styles. Window display highlights affordable rubbers with prices down to 15 cents for children and storm rubbers for ladies and misses.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Mr Jones issued orders to Indian agents, warning of widespread misunderstandings of a prior directive. The circular directs modification or discontinuation of any age customs and orders agents to ensure the requirements are met across reserves.
The report notes that agents should end their coercive measures gradually, avoiding precipitate actions toward returning students. It emphasizes perseverance, careful interpretation of duties, and that the policy is not meant to provoke revolts or harsh treatment, but to balance control with restraint.
The East Oregonian urges readers to use classified ads to sell trade or hire across a wide audience. It highlights low costs from 15 to 36 cents, and shows how ads can broadcast wants, offers, rentals, employment, and lost items to many people efficiently.
Local merchants urge newspapers to protect business by refusing foreign advertising and to show appreciation by contracting for space, arguing unity and support for local press amid market pressures.
East Oregonian quotes Georgs F. Schorr on the value of crushed rock for paving streets and highways. He cites Spokane, Athena, and California as examples, estimates costs for Pendleton front-foot pricing, and notes that early deployment saves future repairs. He also discusses wage considerations and local project delays with Well Street.
Contractor George F. Schorr leads completion of the new stern bridge to span the Umatilla River under Wo & CR railway company. Excavation and foundation framing advance, cement shipments expected, steam shovel to fill ends, two 150 foot spans forming a 100 foot wide solid timber structure.
Mint rookie HH Hunter and John T. Ogle arrive from Willow Springs. Henry Ware and pilot Kealie from Alta visit. Hod McDonald sakeskin owner in town. Spargur and wife from Foster. W McComan from Coliay on business. J A Gwinn leaves for Holmes City. Ogle Bros stockmen and wheat raisers of Willow Springs in city. Clemons, Hons and A McFee from Athena attend court. Ly back in Pendleton after years away, veterinary surgeon R H Simpson in Pendleton from Baker City. Mrs W S Mayberry and children visit relatives on Johnson Avenue. Georgie Folsom to return from Astoria and Portland. Pat Maguire applies for American citizenship, renouncing allegiance to foreign powers.
In Walla Walla two men, John Dab ney Tetay ty and James Danes, are convicted of perjury and for conspiring to clear a brother accused of horse stealing. The trial marks a rare perjury conviction in the county, while one man faces additional charges for taking a horse without the owner’s knowledge. The proceedings reflect a rare culmination in long-standing local cases.
A. L. Knight, agent for Balfour Guthrie & Co and Dave Gordon & Son of Junior, report a sale of 26,000 bushels of wheat at 52 1/2 cents. The lot split between red chaff and bluestem and sold above general market bids of 52 cents, reflecting Gordon & Son’s prosperous standing in Junior country.
A young Philippine War correspondent tale by Will Levington Comfort, born from fact. The hero, a boy with the Army during General Lawton’s death, fights through enemy country to reach the cable office and report the news three hours before rivals. The February issue of The American Boy includes it amid miner labor disputes in Colorado.
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